116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Small Business Act to give small business contracting credit for subcontractors that are Puerto Rico businesses, and for other purposes.
June 19, 2019
Ms. Velázquez (for herself and Mr. Cisneros) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
To amend the Small Business Act to give small business contracting credit for subcontractors that are Puerto Rico businesses, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Small Business Contracting Credit Act of 2019”.
SEC. 2. Small business contracting credit for subcontractors that are Puerto Rico businesses.
Section 15(x)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(x)(1)) is amended—
(1) by inserting “, or a prime contractor awards a subcontract (at any tier) to a subcontractor that is a Puerto Rico business,” after “Puerto Rico business”;
(2) by inserting “or subcontract” after “the contract”; and
(3) by striking “subsection (g)(1)(A)(i)” and inserting “subsection (g)(1)(A)”.